Smoking Pipe Tobacco

I don’t usually post about pipes, but I wanted to pass this one along. Not bidding myself so go for it! By the way, I’ve heard nothing but good things about these pipes and you have to love the price. This one is a real beauty.

This traditional mixture of the finest Latakia, Turkish oriental, and Virginia Leaf is slowburning, cool and still blended by hand.

I wrote to my representatives a while back about tobacco legislation. I had not written about this particular legislation, so this appears to be a canned response. Thought I’d share it with you all.

Thank you for contacting me regarding the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009 (S.1147/H.R. 1676).

The PACT Act would work to prevent the illegal transfer and sale of tobacco products and reduce minors’ access to them.

Blender’s description: “Larry Loerzel, one of our regular store customers, and connoisseur of English/Balkan blends had tried Ten to Midnight, and although he liked it, he was looking for something a little fuller and different. Based on his preference, we blended a full, traditional Balkan using Orientals that were more “buttery” and amped-up the Latakia. This blend is now a big hit among our full-bodied English fans; a cool-smoking, very rich mixture.”

Tin Description: A mild easy smoking blend of fine Virginia and Burley tobaccos, made the traditional way.

Blender’s description: A pure Virginia blend from the best fields of Zimbabwe and the Eastern United States. Rolled Twist Flake, then Cavendish pressed and cut.

I have some videos up on YouTube that are especially popular. Between the 40,000 or more views, a good chunk of those are the Pipe Smoking 101 Series.

To make them easier to find and link to I arranged each video on a separate page. See the navigation section above.

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I’m a little slow on the uptake with this one. It was released at the Chicago show and is already available.
Its Virginia season for this pipe smoker so I’m looking forward to trying this one over the summer. This is his first pure Virginia. No cavendish, burley, Perique, or anything but Virginias.
Quoting Greg Pease [...]

I think a lot of problems people encounter with pipe smoking could be mitigated by improving their use of the tamper. While a lot of care needs to go into the proper filling and lighting of your pipe, that’s not where the attention stops. Keeping the tobacco properly tamped will lead to a more pleasant smoke and a lot less relights, but doing it wrong will make things worse.